Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-39835

Medium

Published: 29 September 2021

Published
29 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0208 84.3th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-39835 is a medium-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Framemaker. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Adobe Framemaker versions 2019 Update 8 (and earlier) and 2020 Release Update 2 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability in the processing of a malformed PDF file that could result in disclosure of sensitive memory. Exploitation of this…

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issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious PDF file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
framemaker
≤ 2019.0.8 · 2020.0.1 — 2020.0.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

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